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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] + [GREEK] foot.]

(Zool.)

The

duck mole

. See under

Syn. – Duck Mole, duckbill, duck-bill platypus, duck-billed platypus.

Noun.

A quadruped of New Holland, whose jaws are elongated into the shape of a duck's bill. The body is covered with thick hair and the feet are webbed.

This animal has been arranged with the Mammalia, but it is now presumed to be oviparous; at least its breasts have not hitherto been observed.